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{{More citations needed|date=July 2024}}{{Infobox political party
|name = Reform Party
|logo = 
|leader             = [[Lyana Armstrong-Emery]]
|foundation         = {{start date and age|2000|03|21|df=y}}
|dissolved          = {{end date and age|2005}}
|ideology           = [[Green politics]]<br>[[Eco-socialism]]
|position           = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|international      = 
|european           = [[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|europarl           = 
|affiliation1_title = UK affiliation
|affiliation1 = [[Green Party of England and Wales]]
|colours            = Green
|headquarters       = 
|website            = 
|country=Gibraltar|colorcode=Green}}
{{Politics of Gibraltar}}
The '''Gibraltar Reform Party''' was a political party in [[Gibraltar]]. It was a [[left-wing politics|left]]-leaning party which described itself as [[green movement|green]] and for [[social justice]].

Originally formed as the '''Independent Liberal Forum''' on 21 March 2000, the name was subsequently changed to the later one. The last party leader was Lyana Armstrong-Emery.

The party's broad aim was a decentralisation of power. On the [[Disputed status of Gibraltar|constitutional status of Gibraltar]], the party supported a new status, calling for Gibraltar's establishment as a devolved autonomous territory, integrated within a decentralised [[federation|federal]] Britain. The party also called for the creation of a local [[Gibraltar Parliament|Parliament for Gibraltar]], a member of parliament (MP) to sit in the [[British House of Commons]] in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]], and a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) to represent Gibraltar in the [[European Parliament]].

The Reform Party forged links with both the [[Green Party of England and Wales]] and [[Mebyon Kernow]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Lyana Armstrong-Emery was voted by the party to take the position on the joint list agreed with the Green Party for the European Elections.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maguire |first=Kevin |date=15 April 2004 |title=How the Rock won a voice in UK's Euro-poll |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/apr/15/uk.gibraltar |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

The party ceased operations in 2005 owing to a failure to garner wide public support.

==Election results==
===[[Gibraltar Parliament|Parliament of Gibraltar]]===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! Election year
! # of<br />overall votes^
! % of<br />overall vote^
! # of<br />overall seats won^
! ±^
|-
! [[2003 Gibraltar general election|2003]]
| 578
| 1.0
| {{Composition bar|0|15|hex=Green}}
| New
|-
|}

===[[European Parliament]]===
Gibraltar is part of the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|South West England constituency]] in the European parliament and its major parties form joint ticket alliances with the major UK parties. In 2004, the only EU election that it participated in before its dissolution, Reform had been in an alliance with the Green Party.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Party !! Year !! Votes (Gib.) !! Votes (SW Eng) !! % (Gib.) !! % (SW Eng) !! Change (SW Eng) !! Seats !! Change
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}} ||[[2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar|2004]] || '''1,058''' || 103,821 || '''8.70''' || 7.2 || -1.1 || {{Composition bar|0|7|hex={{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}}} || {{steady}}
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070906165112/http://www.gibnet.gi/~emery/ Former ILF Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030921051712/http://www.reformpartygib.com:80/ Former Reform Party Website]

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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Gibraltar]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2000]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2005]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Gibraltar]]


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